This farmer’s market has operated continuously since its establishment in 1907. This makes it the oldest market in operation in the USA. The facility has over 10 million visitors every year who come to browse and buy the unique products available at the many quaint stores.
Pike Place Market is built at the edge of a steep hill overlooking the Elliot Bay waterfront. The market has one main level at the summit and many lower levels. The market also has some of the last remaining Head Shops in Seattle. Head shops sell utensils and instruments, like rolling machines and vaporizers, used for legally consuming cannabis and other drugs. Other products available here include antiques, fish, fresh farm produce, crafts, comic books and artwork. The market also has small restaurants and eateries serving an array of cuisines, including American northwest cuisine. Entertainment at the venue is provided by Buskers or amateur musicians who create a festive atmosphere for visitors.
The market also has residential quarters housing over 500 residents. In the past, the market had low income residents but today high end residential apartments are also found. The facility is run by the Pike Place market Preservation and Development Authority. The market drew thousands of visitors in 2007 when it celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Seaboard Building, built in the early 1900s, is among the most famous of Seattle's landmarks. This mixed-use property was built in the Art Nouveau architectural style. Seaboard Building's highlights are the brick facade with terracotta architectural details, and a spectacular interior design.

Ben Bridge Clock is one of Seattle's most famous and beautiful landmarks. It is the last clock remaining in Pike Street. Ben Bridge was installed in 1912 and renovated in 1980.

Coliseum Theater Building now houses the Banana Republic Shopping Center. It was built in 1916, and was granted landmark status in 1978. This amazing historic building combines a spectacular terra cotta exterior with wonderful interior design.

Located in 9th Avenue and Pine Street, the Paramount Theatre of Seattle finds a place in the National Register of Historic Places in the USA. The theatre is owned by and run by the nonprofit group called the Seattle Theatre Group.
The Paramount Pictures company of Hollywood established theatres in almost every city in the US to expand its distribution base. In 1928 the Paramount Theatre in Seattle opened its doors to movie goers. Cornelius W and George L Rapp of Chicago designed the theatre while the apartments and offices around the theatre were the architectural creation of Seattle-based Benjamin Marcus Priteca.
The theatre auditorium has nearly 4000 seats and the first convertible floor in the US that transforms the theatre into a ballroom. There is also an original installation Wurlitzer theatre pipe organ. From its early years as a movie theatre, the building has now become a major performing arts venue hosting major shows and music concerts.
The main floor of the theater known as the orchestra level has free standing chairs in the orchestra pit. The facility also offers balcony seating and cabaret style main floor seating. Major music performances held here included the 1972 gig by Grateful Dead and Madonna’s early concerts.

One of the many Seattle Buildings that finds a place in the National Register of Historic Buildings, the Eagles Auditorium Building was a place where a group of theatre owners fraternized. The building remains one of the most beautiful terra cotta structures in the city.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles, an organization that aimed to make human life more meaningful by lessening its ills and promoting peace, prosperity, gladness and hope had its roots in the business community of Seattle. The ideals of the society spread all across the US. The auditorium building is the symbol of the ideals of the fraternal organization.
Henry Bittman, a Seattle based architect who designed several terra cotta buildings in the city, designed The Eagles Auditorium building. In 1925, the building became the grand lodge of the fraternity. It later served as the Unity Church of Truth. The building has hosted music and other events in recent times and also goes down in history as one of the many places where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in 1961. Today, the auditorium houses the ACT theatre, 2 stages, 2 cabarets and 44 residential apartments.
The location of the Eagles Auditorium Building is 1416, 7th Avenue and is now known as the Kreielsheimer Place. Visitors are still welcome to view portions of the building and will be fascinated by the unique architecture of the structure and the philanthropic purpose of the fraternity that started it all.

Rainier Tower is a Modernist architectural style building constructed in 1977. This 40-storey skyscraper has an amazing shape and it callede "the wine glass" by the locals. As one of Minoru Yamasaki's last major works, Rainier Tower is striking for its spectacular design and beauty.

A. Warren Gould, one of the best known architects in Seattle was commissioned to build this imposing white building known as the Arctic Building. The 9 story structure made of cream white terra cotta was completed in 1916 and is another of Seattle’s architectural gems that finds a place in the National Register of Historical Buildings.
The Arctic Building began as the official meeting place of the members of the Arctic Club and remained the home of the institution till it was dissolved in 1971. The members of the Arctic Club consisted of men who had struck gold in the Yukon Gold Rush. The cream façade with walrus heads remains a symbol of those who did not return from the gold rush empty handed.
The building was built of steel reinforced concrete with terra cotta panels in white, submarine blue and orange. The club once had a lady’s tea room, private dining rooms, card rooms, billiard rooms, bowling alley, barber shop and an elegant roof garden. The elegant main meeting room with an ornate ceiling still remains.
Today the Arctic club has become an office building with commercial establishments occupying all the spaces including those once reserved for Arctic Club members. Visitors are welcome in normal business hours and location of the building is 306, Cherry Street Seattle.

Seattle’s first free art museum, the Frye art museum first housed the art collection of Charles and Emma Frye. The couple had a collection of over 230 painting and Charles Frye gave the money to build the museum under his will.
The Frye art museum was designed by the architect Paul Thiry within the strict instructions of the will of Charles Frye, the owner of a successful meat packing industry. The art collection belonging to the Fryes was to be constantly displayed in rooms of a specific size with cement floors and lighting specified under the terms of the will. The Frye testament also required that no charge could be made for admission. The museum was opened to the public in 1952.
The Frye art collection consisted of late nineteenth century and early twentieth century German art and some Italian and other European dramatic and psychological paintings. Subsequently several art pieces were purchased or added to the first collection by a succession of trustees. The museum also hosts art lectures, classes and storytelling sessions. The location of Frye Art Museum is on First Hill at 904 Terry Avenue.
Art lovers will enjoy a visit to this free art museum. The institution organizes guided tours, music discussions and concerts and the tea and tour sessions where visitors can discuss their experience in the museum with the curators over tea.

Named after the first Asian American elected to public office in the American Northwest, the Wing Luke museum opened in 1967 in a small storefront in 8th Avenue Seattle.
The Wing Luke Museum later purchased the Kong Yick East building and employed Oslon Kundig Architects to renovate the old building to accommodate the museum’s growing collection of exhibits. The museum now hosts meetings of the Asian Community, theatre performances, art exhibitions of emerging Asian American artists and family oriented learning programs. The original building was built by Chinese laborers as a meeting place for early Chinese emigrants in 1910.
The museum showcases Asian American folk art, photographs, oral histories, video histories and a library. Permanent exhibits show the journey of Asian American emigrants in the Pacific Northwest, the story of Wing Luke, the history of the Seattle Chinatown and its surroundings and community portrait galleries showing the stories of different Asian communities including Indian Americans, Vietnamese Americans and a Cambodian cultural museum with a special memorial for those who perished in Pol Pot’s Killing Fields.
The Wing Luke Museum is open to the public and the library is open Monday through Saturday. The museum shop features an array of Asian American crafts and has books on the Asian American experience. Asian visitors and visitors from all over the world will learn a great deal from the museum about the life and times of Asian immigrants to the American Pacific Northwest.